Garment-hanger



C. M. LANGHORNE.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLlCATION FILED MAY 20. 1920.

1,869,287. Patented Feb. 22,1921.

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To all whom it-m-ayconccra-ivented certain new'and' useful Improve' ments in Garment-Hangers, fully described and represented in the..iollowingspecification and the accompanying ,d'rawingadorming a part of the same.

This invention relates to garment hangers and has for its object to provide a s mple attachment for coat hangers of ordlnary construction by means of which the coat hanger may be used to support anumber of additional garments without interfering. with the coat placed upon it in the usual manner. 7

Other objects and advantages of the mvention will be pointed out in connect on with a detailed description of the specific embodiment of it shown in the accompany in drawings, in which igure 1 is a front view of a modified form of my garment hanger and a coat hanger to which it is applied;

Fig. 2 is a top view of the garment hanger and coat hanger shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a back view of the garment hanger and coat hanger shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 41-4 of Fig. 1.

In the form shown in the drawings my garment hanger comprises a series of garment supporting hooks and means for supporting the hooks from 'a coat hanger of ordinary construction in such a way that the hooks are retained in front of the middle portion of the hanger so that they do not 111- terfere with the lacing of a coat upon the hanger in the or inary manner. The series of hooks are formed of a single continuous piece of Wire which is bent so as to :form hooks 10 and spacing members 11 between the hooks. The sides of the bight of wire forming each of the hooks 10 are most de-.

sirably bent so as to lie close together as shown in the drawings, forming narrow hooks over which the loops of garments may easily he slipped.

The wire at each end of the series of hooks is bent rearwardly and upwardly to form a catch 15, which serves to engage the under and rear portion of the coat'hanger A at points spaced outwardly from its center.

The. contact oft-he catches- 15: Withjthe under portion of the coat hanger prevents thegar Inent supporter from swinging with rel ation; to the coat hanger. The-catches 15am for-med ofqbights o'fwire similar to those forming the hooks 10. The wire is extended inwardly from the .eaa11es: .15a1ong the front-.ottheeoathanger. A; The means for.-

. supporting the garment hanger fromthe coat hanger consists of a short piece of wire 14 whose outer end is bent around the lower portion oi the central hook 10. The inner portion of the wire 17 formsa loop which extends upwardly along the front of the coat hanger and has a rearwardly bent portion 18 lying upon the top of the coat hanger A and passing around the hook B of the and the hook B. The garments may be placed upon the hooks 10 without disturb-f [ing the coat which has been placed upon the hanger A. The contactrof the catches 15 with the under surface of the coat hanger prevents a swinging oi the attachment relative to the coat hanger, even though the garments placed upon the hooks at one side of the coat hanger be heavier than those placed upon the other.

Many changes may be made in the specific embodiments shown without departing from my invention which consists essentially of providing a simple attachment for coat hangers which enables the coat hanger to support a number of garments in addition to the coat placed on it in the ordinary way without interfering with the placing or-reegaging means adapted to be detachably applied to the coat hanger and comprising a central loop adapted to surround the hook of the coat hanger and spaced rearwardly [extending members adapted to engage the .lower or under'surface of the coat hanger at points spaced outwardly on each side of its center.

2. An attachment for a coat hanger, comprising a unitary structure including a se ries of hooks, an upwardly and rearwardly extending central loop, and two horizontal rearwardly extending members below the loop andrspaced outwardly at each sideof the loop.

a 3. An attachment for a coat hanger, comprising aseries of hooks, central engaging means having a rearwardly 'bent portion adapted to engage the upper surface of the coat hanger, vand spaced engaging means adapted to contact with the under surface of the coat hanger at I wltnesses.

points spaced outwardly series of hooks adapted to engage the lower and rear surfaces of a coat hanger at points spaced outwardly from its center. V

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing carnmmn Munro LANGHORNE,

Witnesses ETHEL J OHNES, MAIBIE MAURUS. 

